An introduction to basic ceramic hand-building techniques, and its historical and contemporary significance. This class will introduce ceramic hand-building techniques including pinching, coil, and slab construction, as well as examine various high and low-fire glazing techniques. In addition to sculpting and constructing hand built vessels students will examine, critically discuss, analyze and write about clay, glaze and hand-building techniques, tools, ceramic terminology and processes of historical and contemporary clay hand-built vessels. Students will learn ceramic vocabulary, and participate in verbal and written class critiques.

Prerequisite: None

Co-requisite: None

Advisory: This course is included in the Ceramic Construction family of activity courses.

2. Course Objectives -

The student will be able to:

Demonstrate technical competency and understand the process in hand-building construction and clay materials

Demonstrate competency and understand the process of glazing and various surface treatments.

Use a variety of hand-building ceramic tools and equipment skillfully

Solve technical construction issues such as slumping and cracking that arise with hand-building processes.

Discuss and be exposed to contemporary guest ceramic artists from various diverse cultural backgrounds

Artist that use a variety of different slab construction

Artist that use a variety of different coil construction

Artist that use a variety of different surface treatments, slip painting and glaze applications

Artist from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds

Artist that make ceramics that is abstract or uses new trends in ceramics arts

Communicate, discuss, identify and write about the personal and cultural differences in a class critique

Using ceramic terminology in the class critique

Leather hard

Bone-dry

Bisque-ware

Stone-ware

Glaze

Slip

High-fire

Kiln

Molds

Discussing the cultural and personal difference of work present in a critique

Critically discussing construction issues during the process of creating the ceramic piece

Discussing and writing about the tools, processes and content of "great works" from diverse cultures, historical, and contemporary ceramic sculpture and hand building

Lectures and discussions related to historical styles and techniques of classical ceramic vessels.

Lectures and discussions related to contemporary styles, trends and techniques in ceramic hand- building and vessel

Lecture and discussion showing a brief overview of the history to the present of great works of ceramics from various cultures

Lecture and discussion about the human relevance of hand-building as it applies to our early cultures. Slide lectures will look at early archeological artifacts.

Lecture and discussion about functional and non-functional hand-build ceramics

Writing a one page paper about a ceramic sculpture or hand-build ceramic vessel from a gallery art or museum

Writing and discussing the ceramic tools, stylized textured line applications, cultural decorations or applied patterns, surface treatment, glaze or slip treatment, ceramic form or shape, the cultural symbolism or content and the subject matter in the ceramic piece.

Writing and discussing the personal point of view from examining the ceramic piece.

Writing the éâ˛first impressionéâ¨ the student gets from viewing the piece

Writing about the content in a design

Understanding the expressive meaning in a design

The hidden metaphors, symbols and meaning in a ceramic vessel

The artist intention in ceramic vessel

The cultural meaning, function, or symbolism in a ceramic vessel

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6. Methods of Evaluation -

Each project will be judged on its success in fulfilling the stated goals of the assignment.

Demonstration of involvement and understanding of the course material through self-critiques written or verbal by the student about projects and assignments.

Verbal or written participation during discussion and class critiques demonstrating knowledge of and ability to use ceramic terminology.

Written or verbal responses about images, methods, techniques as assigned in class.

Portfolio of hand built ceramic projects completed during the course and submitted at requested intervals or at the end of each quarter

Weekly verbal or written participation in class discussions about historical or contemporary hand-built ceramics.